Biomechanical system development of a restraint system
First Claim
1. A safety restraint design controller for controlling the design of a safety restraint system so that a predetermined desired level of an occupant'"'"'s response is produced, the controller comprising:
- a database (88) for storing an occupant restraint factor response model (90), the model interrelating at least one predetermined restraint factor (88) with the occupant response (89), the restraint factors having a level that is indicative of setting values for controlling the safety restraint design;
a database engine connected to the database for determining a level for the occupant response (89) based upon the model and upon a first level of the restraint factors (88);
an optimizer connected to the database engine for determining a second level of the restraint factors (88), which produces the desired level of the occupant response based upon the desired level of the occupant response from the database engine;
whereby the safety restraints design is controlled based upon the determined second level of the restraint factors, which produces the desired level of the safety response.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a safety restraint design controller for controlling the design of a safety restraint system so that a predetermined desired level of an occupant'"'"'s response (89) is produced. The controller has a database (85) for storing an occupant restraint factor response model (90). The model (90) interrelates at least one predetermined restraint factor (88) with the occupant response (89), the restraint factors having a level that is indicative of setting values for controlling the safety restraint design. A database engine connected to the database (85) determines a level for the occupant response (89) based upon the model and upon a first level of the restraint factors. An optimizer is connected to the database engine for determining a second level of the restraint factors (88), which produces the desired level of the occupant response based upon the desired level of the occupant response (89) from the database engine; whereby the safety restraints design is controlled based upon the determined second level of the restraint factors that produces the desired level of the safety response.
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20 Claims
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1. A safety restraint design controller for controlling the design of a safety restraint system so that a predetermined desired level of an occupant'"'"'s response is produced, the controller comprising:
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a database (88) for storing an occupant restraint factor response model (90), the model interrelating at least one predetermined restraint factor (88) with the occupant response (89), the restraint factors having a level that is indicative of setting values for controlling the safety restraint design;
a database engine connected to the database for determining a level for the occupant response (89) based upon the model and upon a first level of the restraint factors (88);
an optimizer connected to the database engine for determining a second level of the restraint factors (88), which produces the desired level of the occupant response based upon the desired level of the occupant response from the database engine;
whereby the safety restraints design is controlled based upon the determined second level of the restraint factors, which produces the desired level of the safety response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer implemented method for designing a safety restraint system so that a predetermined desired level of occupant responses produced, comprising the steps of:
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storing an occupant restraint factor response model (90) in a computer storage medium (84), the model interrelating at least one predetermined restraint factor (88) with the occupant response (89), the restraint factors having a level that is indicative of setting values for response output for components within the design of the restraint system;
determining a level for the occupant response (89) based upon the model and upon a first level of the restraint factors;
determining a second level of the restraint factors (88), which produces the desired level of the occupant response (89) based upon the determined level of the occupant response (89); and
modifying the restraint system based upon the determined second level of the restraint factors (88), which produces the desired level of the occupant response (82).. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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15. A computer implemented method for controlling the design of an occupant restraint system so that a predetermined desired level of occupant response is produced, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing an occupant restraint factor—
response model in a computer storage medium (84), the model interrelating at least one predetermined restraint factor (88) with the occupant response (89), the restraint factors having a level that is indicative of setting values for controlling the design of the occupant restraint system;
(b) establishing at least one constraint for the model based upon the desired level of the occupant response;
(c) determining the level of the restraint factors that produce the desired level of the restraint response based upon the model having the established constraint; and
(d) controlling the design of the occupant restraint system based upon the determination level of the restraint factors that produces the desired level of the occupant response (89).
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18. In a safety restraint design controller for controlling the design of a safety restraint system having a graphical user interface, a method of providing and selecting from a menu on the display, the method comprising:
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retrieving a set of menu entries from the menu, each menu entry representing a occupant restraint characteristic;
displaying the set of menu display options on the display;
receiving a menu entry selection signal indicative of the selection device pointing at a selected menu entry from the set menu entries; and
in response to the signal, performing a search of a database for injury data corresponding to the occupant response represented by the selected menu entry.
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